Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Codington County Public Health Nurse Codi Storm delivered her quarterly update to commissioners Tuesday, reporting steady pregnancy case numbers, active school immunization clinics, and continued outreach despite temporary office constraints.

Northeast Radio SD News – Hamlin County, SD - The South Dakota Department of Health (SD‑DOH) has issued a statewide advisory after highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) was confirmed in poultry flocks in Edmunds and Hamlin Counties. Medical providers are being asked to closely monitor patients for flu‑like illness if they have had recent exposure to infected birds or other animals.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota will receive a $90 million federal investment to modernize rural health care, strengthen cybersecurity, and expand digital access under the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), the Trump Administration announced Tuesday. The funding is aimed at improving infrastructure, supporting the health care workforce, and advancing technology across rural and underserved communities statewide.